Quincy_Archer

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As long as "Fixing" PvP does not involve wholesale NERFAGE of PvE, as it has to date, I'm all for it.

Otherwise... the only "fix" to PvP I could support would be to break it out into a completely separate game.

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Seriously though all these announcements you guys been doing are worthless. We havent heard one scrap of new issue 13 info. WE ARE GETTING VERY RESTLESS HERE!!!! If you are not going to post something new then just dont post those announcements at all since it just makes the whole thing worse for us. All I can say is the new marketing strategey of stringing us along like this sucks.

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And the game is afoot!

How many people can blame pvp for kicking their children and trying to destroy the game before monday morning! Right now we are at 3! I'm betting we hit near 20 who know absolutely nothing about pvp or how it works; but are like 99.9999999% sure that it is the cause of all the nerfs ever!

A majority of PvP nerfs don't effect PvE. If it gets nerfed in PvE as well there is a high chance that there were a few PvE reasons for it as well that you probably ignored/dismissed so that you could blame PvP and hates it forever. Please know what you are talking about.

But on a happier note! Yay PvP systems! Yay absolutely nothing else being said that we all didn't hear atleast 4 other times!

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Heroes players will find that the gameplay of Villains is a little bit more streamlined... we learned a lot when making it. In addition, the archetypes on the latter side can play very differently than their good counterparts

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Positron admits that He hates villains and that they are teh suck!

#1112! Booyah! You know what they say!

1st is the worst
2nd is the best....
1112th is the uhhhhhhh ahhhhh ummmmmmm......

dammit!

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Ahem... while it may not "speak volumes" why are there less subscibers now than a year ago?

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The animated breasts in AoC probably cost us 35% of the under-21 market in the blink of an eye.

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ANIMATED BREASTS?!11!!!!!!!!!

*runs off to buy AoC*

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Villain Epic Archetypes:

* Arachnos Soldiers and Widows will now properly be able to enhance Patron Power Pool powers.

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What exactly does it mean that they enhance the PPPs?

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that they fixed enhancements for the ppps?

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Sweet, they didn't fix the bug with enemies running from players that's been in the game for years. Or the icon bug that's bugging the hell out of anyone who doesn't solo 24/7.

Oh but they imcreased the animation times on Stone Melee for no reason, what a great waste of time.

What is it they're always saying about not having the resources to finance some positive changes to the game?

But changes to the players in a negative way are free, right.

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After all, the guy who specializes in animations is so obviously the db and/or code that that deals with GUI problems and improvements. Or Critter AI.

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All of you stop talking. Your so called "logic" and "reasoning" annoy and bore me.

*sets up a toothpick box*

here you go M_A continue plz. If you will excuse me I'm gonna be playing a song for you and ryu on the worlds smallest violin.

u broke the forums .

And heres my idea for suggestions; when someone clicks continue when posting a new idea there should be anywhere between 5-10 mandated readthroughs on the thread. Then when they click ok submit or continue again it shows a list of about 15 other things that come up and then takes them back to the editing screen.

Also all power customization, raising of the level caps, "nerf this cause it beat me," selling inf ideas, make this game like game x, open pvp, and /duel threads will foward the person to a website with a huge NO and then fowards you to this website

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Holy frijoles. I hope you hired a couple of extra staff to weed out any.. questionable mission text that gets submitted

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I know. I'm waiting for the arc that ends like "You saeved the world and half bought piece to the whole wide universe."

Honestly I'm hoping that there are limitations too this to prevent it from going rated M and annihlating the game canon (the alternate time lines was a good idea).

But w00t! 4 years! Arch Nemesises plz!

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Lighthouse has said it is a few months out yet.

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fxt. Lighthouse said that closed beta was gonna be for a few more weeks, than we got open beta which will prob be a few weeks.... so I'm saying june earliest. though if they want to prove me wrong......

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The question was regarding 'everyone can get on test server', no?

Not live. So I'm confused. Because you 'fixed' a quote saying what was actually said, to a fabricated statement. Than in your explanation of it, you said the original statement again. Oh well.

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Lol i really got to start reading things fully.... Reading Comphrension FTL.

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Lighthouse has said it is a few months out yet.

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fxt. Lighthouse said that closed beta was gonna be for a few more weeks, than we got open beta which will prob be a few weeks.... so I'm saying june earliest. though if they want to prove me wrong......

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Castle, can you go into more detail on the cage suppresion nerf, thanks.

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It operates exactly the same as Hold suppression. Initial Cage will take full effect. Any additional cages will not take effect until the "suppression" period ends.

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FWIW, we reverted out the "Not affect players" change to TK, and changed Break Frees to 50% Repel Resist, and 100% resist for Medium and Large inspires.

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cool!!
so that means with the powers already on my scrapper and tank i will will be at i believe almost 90% repel resistant which means I no longer will be effected by those powers much at all.

Excellent...that means those squishes will again have no chance....great change....my primary targets become easier every pvp change.

I am hoping that will sort of carry over to pve as well...since certain archvillains and heros give me trouble with those powers as well.

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...... do you even pvp? PvP as been range favored for a LONG time.

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Yanno the end of Jay and Silent Bob strike back.. when they get peoples addys and hunt them down to kick their [censored]??

Yanno that part..

Well everyone who is whinning and crying and [censored] in this thread.. REALLY makes me wanna invest some loot and try and do it for realz

If you dont like it.. Leave

But srsly I have been freakin begging for more slots at just about any cost for over 2 years now..

Go the freak away if you dont like it..

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I would donate all my money except for the $20 thats going to NcSoft

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Ok, ok...

Don't anyone have a seizure or faint or anything, but I have something POSITIVE to say:


woot!

Thank you, indeed, Positron, for an righteously, excellent solution.

And, yes, even your pricing scheme is perfectly reasonable.



vivots! vivots! vivots!

Cal2

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..... you broke my computer.....

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I agree.

Thanks very much, Castle...haven't seen an actual Dev talk to and listen to PvPers in a while.

(Careful with the nerf-bat power, though!)

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I think it is the smart thing to do. All in all there will be less yelling if he is overly harsh and then lightens up as opposed to putting in a nerf that is light and doesn't work and then having to nerf it further.

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*cough* RIP OFF *cough* why spend money on slots when there are many servers to play on and other games give MANY more slots for free? just my opinion.

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Ya would you care to name said games & just how much character custimization do they offer along with "ALL" their slots?? Just curious you know, cause I don't know of any offhand that are currently available that offer quite the same combination that CoX does.

IMHO I think what the Devs' have done is simply wonderful & the fact that we're getting 2 slots as a bonus to place on the server(s) we wish along with retroactive VETs rewards. What would make it totally Gasmatic is if they do the "max your slots on 1 server for $84.99" idea or even impliment $34.99 for 12, $47.99 for 24 for those SERIOUS altoholics that really do luv their HOME Server(s). **starts handing out depends & towels just incase they do**

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Champions does.....

DOOOOOOOOOM*

*all the feel goodyness physically harms the forums so someone has to say doom everynow and again or else the servers explode*

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Positron, I just totally had your babies.

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FOUR HUNDRED BABIES!

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And i gave them shocklate so they are good at SPORTS.
They can run ABNORMALLY FAST.
In fact they are as fast as KENYANS.
People watch them run and think they are KENYANS.
They will race as fast as KENYANS.
Against actual KENYANS.
And then it will be a tie and they will be deported back to KENYAAAAA.

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*cough* RIP OFF *cough* why spend money on slots when there are many servers to play on and other games give MANY more slots for free? just my opinion.

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name them.

Gah! I had already pretty much wiped six toons to make room for i12...... oh well now i got atleast 16 slots on my home server (will most likely by more when the time comes) So now thats 8 for villains and 8 for heroes ^_^

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Have to fix BAB's list for accuracy:

Cryptic:
1. Positron
2. BAB
3. Castle
4. Ghost Widow
5. War Witch
6. Constellation replaced by Hero 1 (story bible)
7. JLove
8. Ken Morse (Art Lead)
9. Nick replaced by Don Pham (environmental/3D artist)
10. Brett replaced by Graham
11. Blue Steel (design support)
12. Serdar replaced by Mynx (Producer)
13. Richard (AP/Build Engineer)
14. Aaron (Lead programmer)
15. Garth (who moved over to Core Tech before the acquistion)

I think that is everyone.

Office support, HR, and Senior Management were all handled by Cryptic proper.

Issue 9 got a lot of attention from Jack, Poz, and Mike Lewis simply because the Invention System and Auction House was SO huge, and unlike anything we had done before. It took a village to raise that child.

John Yoo left RIGHT before the 15 person pair-down.

As for the comment about the two teams not stealing resources from one another. It is true. Anyone who left the project (Serdar, Constellation, Nick, Brett) was replaced by a new hire.

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Ack...forgot about Brett.

Still, I was close.

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And Aaron, but, you know, he's only the Lead Programmer and all.

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pwned

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Hurrah, Castle sounds happy!

Let's try not to change that.

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Castle ... happy?

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Oh my God HE'S A SKRULL!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ITS A TRAP!

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BAB was leading probably only one or two people in looking after animations (he'd need someone else to hold the camera while he swung his sword around - bow wow chicka chicka bow wow! ;-), SexyJay probably had costume design all to himself or as part of a small art team (two or three people).

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I've actually been the sole animator and FX artist since Issue 8. So glad to say that's no longer the case XD

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If that was the case, then you, sir, rock even more.

To quote pohsyb, (^_^)b


So let's see:
1. Positron
2. BAB
3. Castle
4. Ghost Widow
5. War Witch
6. SexyJay
7. (Silent) Ian
8. Ravenstorm(?)
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

Who's who at Pre-NCNC CoX?

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Ian and Ravenstorm were moved to MUO. The last bit of work Ian did for CoH was the Justice armor pieces for the GvE edition. Ravenstorm's last major contribution were Safeguard missions, but he came back on every once in a while to help out. He was responsible for setting up Hamidon(s) and GM spawn placements in the Hive and Abyss, as well as pathing for the Rikti Invasion ships.

Added to that list would be Ken, our art lead. Nick, an environment artist replaced with Don shortly after Issue 9. Nick moved to one of Cryptic's other projects while Don is now with us at NCNC.

On the programming side, there's Aaron, the lead programmer and Garth, replaced at some point with Graham. Garth was shunted over to Cryptic's core team when Graham came on board, but eventually ended up joining us as well. Pohsyb had also been moved off of CoH/CoV but we managed to sneak him out and take him with us.

I believe that's it. The rest of the team were production. Brian Clayton (now the head cheese), Mynx (producer), Ghost Falcon (producer) Lighthouse, Ex Libris, Blue Steel (design support), Richard (AP/Build Engineer), and Ross (marketing)

That 15? I lost count...

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what about manti?

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Yeah and? Everyone here KNOWS I looooove me some Haterade.

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HATERADE! it quenches the thirst and fuels the rage!

Dude....... that doesn't belong here at all..... go to the S&I forums

Reading Comprehension FTW

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I am confused or at least I hope I am. (((maybe it is just an April Fools Joke – I am so hopeful it is) ………. In the following quote “as all the sounds in the game are being removed”

I dare say….. the sounds (bells and whistles) are what sold me first on COH…..then the graphics an interaction……… EQ was my game of choice for 6.5 years….5 accounts >I was nuts over the game< Then I found COH with all its bells an whistles (woot) An then I discontinued all my EQ accounts the very same day…and have never been back even once………Now if this sound thing is true an not an April Fools joke, I guess I shall have to leave COH/V in favor of some less than perfect Online Game…….In hopes it has some bells an whistles…….An if this is a Grand April Fool’s Joke…….Kudos since it got my dander up…….Oh an PS ……Don’t forget to remove the Sound Blaster X-Fi logo from your front page………


Quote .......Ken Morse, the Lead Artist on the title was excited. “It’s going to be a lot more work for our department, but I think the end results are totally worth it.” He said. Players can optionally disable the Visual Sounds in the options menu, but are encouraged to keep them on, as all the sounds in the game are being removed to make room on the players’ hard drives for the new Visual Sound graphics. …….unquote

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another one

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another one bites the dust

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This is pretty minor but I would like it if the protector bots each applied their bubble to the MM. As of now they only apply one to the MM. And maybe while they are at it (not sure if it is in already) make it so that the merc medics will heal the Mm if they don't already.

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HELL. NO.

That would be brokenly powerful. Seriously ... the defense you'd get form that would be WELL over the top. I logged in briefly to take a look - all hail the Attribute Monitor! - and grabbed some screenshots of my Robotics / Forcefield Mastermind, and his defense percentages.

Here, take a look for yourself. I think those numbers speak for themselves ... especially when you consider I can enjoy all that defense, and have my robots in "Follow/Defensive" - a.k.a. "Bodyguard" - and get a net of 75% damage resistance to everything that manages to SOMEhow land a hit on me, as well.

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Good point lol i hadn't done the numbers ......would still like medics to use stimulant on me though......
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